Apple breeding progress in Japan

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 622, Issue , 2003, Pages 583-590

  Oraguzie, N C ^a   Soejima, J ^a   Fukusawa Akada, T ^a   Kudo, K ^a   Komatsu, H ^a   Kotoda, N ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Malus domestica

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047128137     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.622.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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